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map puzzles: http://maps.nationalgeographic.com/maps

online maps: http://www.internet4classrooms.com/links_grades_kindergarten_12/Interactive_maps_social_geography.htm?sl=newsletter_nov_2011

Place a state:
http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/USA_Geography/USA_G2_1280_800.html

Excel sheet for the game:



Other games:
http://teacher.scholastic.com/scholasticnews/games_quizzes/mapman/index.asp -- mapman games
http://www.history.com/interactives/state-the-plate-game - name that plate
http://www.factmonster.com/spot/99geography1.html#quiz

States Information:
http://www.50states.com/?
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6p0YFJRfBs - video - how the states got their shapes - pt 1 -Michigan & Ohio
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yU54SBQa5A - video - how the states got their shapes - pt 2 - New England
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nd0XcFsHeLA - video - how the states got their shapes - pt 3 - Canadian border
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o2AnCasIJeY - video - how the states got their shapes - pt 4 - Ghost States
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aBzOqBu8ZIw video - how the states got their shapes - pt 5
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xgS9Yh1Das8 - video - how the states got their shapes - pt 6 - Mason-Dixon Line
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pw23AYyurto - video - how the states got their shapes - pt 7
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dgRjGpq31Xg - video - how the states got their shapes - pt 8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blKfiUeXDYs video - how the states got their shapes - pt 9
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KTgBAQbc9eA - video - how the states got their shapes - pt 10

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2KG58PI2K70 - from Library of Congress - Lecture

State Tetris!
http://www.mapmsg.com/games/statetris/usa/

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